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A committee to review suicide deaths was recommended by a coroner’s inquest into the death of 27-year-old Hillary Hooper in 2020.
Group tasked with reviewing suicide deaths, making recommendations to improve mental health care
Savannah Awde · CBC News
· Posted: Apr 28, 2026 5:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 25 minutes ago
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Patty Borthwick, left, and her daughter, Hillary Hooper. The inquest into Hooper’s death led to a recommendation for the province to have a committee to review suicide deaths. (Submitted by Patty Borthwick.)
Each time Patty Borthwick sees positive change in the wake of her daughter’s death by suicide, she thinks, “There you go, Hil, you’re going to help another family.”
At 27 years old, Hillary Hooper died by suicide while she was admitted to the psychiatric unit of the Saint John Regional Hospital in 2020.
During the inquest into Hooper’s death, presiding coroner Emily Caissy recommended the province create a suicide fatality review committee — to review cases where a person died by suicide and make recommendations aimed at preventing future deaths.
“Hillary has done a lot of good … I think people need to keep in mind that she was a person,” Borthwick said in an interview.
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